A short summary of your project

Following the successful
abseil event last February, in which DMU staff and students raised over £5000,
the Square Mile India abseil returns for its second year and will take place on
the 16th February. The funds raised last time round provided
the 120 children who live in the Gandhi Ashram with food, shelter and education
for 4 months. This time we aim to change two lives forever.

Your story

This community, who were
excluded from society, is made up of people who previously had Leprosy but no
longer have the infection. However, they still suffer from the effects of the
infection such as loss of limbs and the social stigma it carries, not only for
them but also their children and their children’s children who cannot get work
due to the outdated perception of the infection.

Every
year during monsoon season homes in the Loving Community are flooded by
extremely contaminated water and the residents have to resort to living in the
local community centre for weeks on end. This year’s abseil is raising money to
ensure that the two worst effected homes are protected from the monsoon in June
by raising their homes above water level.